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Posted: 12/8/07 at 11:50pm
Well, now I know what that fly on my wall felt like when my Grandma nearly punched out my Grandfather many Passovers ago.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is so raw, so frighteningly real, that I felt like I was an intruder in the Weston family home. It is a strikingly brillaint work - one which will surely appear on every "Top of 2007" list - that proves that at there's at least 1 great American playwright hangin' around. It's arguably the best play I've seen all year - and it will probably go down as the defining play of the generation.
The truly gifted ensemble proves that there really should be a Tony Award for "Best Ensemble." But since there isn't, Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton should be clearing off a space on their mantle as we speak. They were so REAL (a word that will be used often to describe the production) it was scary. Sally Murphy and Maryann Mayberry are incredibly strong - as are pretty much every one of the men (to single any of the men out wouldn't be fare). And Rondi Reed sure knows how to nail a punch line.
Gorgeous lighting, jaw dropping set, and superb direction by Anna Shapiro.
And so many wonderfully quotable lines. Most are on t-shirts, but my two particular favorites, "eat the fish, bit*ch" and "Saying 'Mom's Pus*y' would be a bit gauche," are not. Wonder why.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is so raw, so frighteningly real, that I felt like I was an intruder in the Weston family home. It is a strikingly brillaint work - one which will surely appear on every "Top of 2007" list - that proves that at there's at least 1 great American playwright hangin' around. It's arguably the best play I've seen all year - and it will probably go down as the defining play of the generation.
The truly gifted ensemble proves that there really should be a Tony Award for "Best Ensemble." But since there isn't, Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton should be clearing off a space on their mantle as we speak. They were so REAL (a word that will be used often to describe the production) it was scary. Sally Murphy and Maryann Mayberry are incredibly strong - as are pretty much every one of the men (to single any of the men out wouldn't be fare). And Rondi Reed sure knows how to nail a punch line.
Gorgeous lighting, jaw dropping set, and superb direction by Anna Shapiro.
And so many wonderfully quotable lines. Most are on t-shirts, but my two particular favorites, "eat the fish, bit*ch" and "Saying 'Mom's Pus*y' would be a bit gauche," are not. Wonder why.
Updated On: 12/8/07 at 11:50 PM
